Don't You (From The Vault)
Fearless (Taylor's Version) [2021]
Table of Contents
Background and Release
«The crazy thing about this song is that I remember writing with Taylor that day, and I remember her just being really sharp and smart. I knew I was writing a good song. And then normally, back then I’d probably just do like a worktape or whatever, and I would throw it into my Garage Band on my computer just to save it and label it. But for some reason, I never labeled it correctly. And then, all of a sudden, Taylor comes out with ‘Tim McGraw’, and all of a sudden she’s a star. My publisher at the time, she’s going, ‘Where is that song you wrote with Taylor!?’ And I was like…'I cannot find it.'»
Tommy Lee James
From the Vault
Lyrical Theme and Production
«'Don’t You‘ is a song that I wrote with Tommy Lee James, who is a fantastic writer. We wrote it about the idea of seeing someone that you used to have a thing for and seeing them out in public for the first time after you’ve heard that they’ve moved on. Your life is kind of in shambles, and they have moved on, and are really happy. It’s almost like even them being nice to you hurts you because you’re in such a state of pain and you haven’t moved on yet. So that was a really fun song to write because that’s just a wellspring of emotion to draw from. Jack Antonoff produced it and I think he did a really, really beautiful job of highlighting the melody and letting it be really airy, sort of like a dreamscape.»
Taylor Swift
Live Performance
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Hey
I knew I’d run into you somewhere
It’s been a while, I didn’t mean to stare
I heard she’s nothing like me
I’m sure she’ll make you happy
[Chorus]
But don’t you
Don’t you smile at me and ask me how I’ve been
Don’t you say you’ve missed me if you don’t want me again
You don’t know how much I feel I love you still
So why don’t you
Don’t you
[Verse 2]
Sometimes
I really wish that I could hate you
I’ve tried
But that’s just something I can’t do
My heart knows what the truth is
I swore I wouldn’t do this
[Chorus]
But don’t you
Don’t you smile at me and ask me how I’ve been
Don’t you say you’ve missed me if you don’t want me again
You don’t know how much I feel I love you still
So why don’t you
Don’t you
[Bridge]
So I’ll walk out of here tonight
Try to go on with my life
And you can say we’re still friends
But I don’t want to pretend
So if I see you again
[Final Chorus]
Don’t you (Don’t you)
Don’t you smile at me and ask me how I’ve been
Don’t you (Don’t you)
Say you’ve missed me if you don’t want me again
You don’t (You don’t)
Know how much I feel I love you still
So why don’t you
Don’t you
[Outro]
Don’t you
Artist | Taylor Swift | |||
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Album | Fearless (Taylor’s Version) | |||
Released | April 9, 2021 | |||
Recorded | November 2020–February 2021 | |||
Written | 2005 | |||
Studios | Kitty Committee (London) Electric Lady (New York City) Rough Customer (Brooklyn) Conway (Los Angeles) | |||
Genre | Country Pop | |||
Length | 3:28 | |||
Label | Republic Records | |||
Songwriters | Taylor Swift Tommy Lee James | |||
Producers | Jack Antonoff Taylor Swift | |||
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